Summaries of this week's top stories, from Science Magazine
Updated: 1 hour 14 min ago
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
Devastating results from two trials have sent researchers scrambling—again.
Author: Jon Cohen
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
NASA's new plan to capture a tiny asteroid and lodge it in the Earth-moon system is certainly audacious, but many have doubts.
Author: Richard A. Kerr
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
Debate continues over a bill that might allow Congress to intrude on the peer-review process
Author: Jeffrey Mervis
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
Systems biologist Michael B. Yaffe tells Science how injuries to humans parallel insults to cells and about his "surreal" week.
Author: Trisha Gura
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
Pathogen to be christened Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.
Author: Martin Enserink
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
As the European Union moves to ban a popular type of pesticide, researchers struggle to assess exactly how dangerous the chemicals are to honey bees and other pollinators.
Author: Erik Stokstad
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
Proponents of neonicotinoid-treated seeds claim that the chemicals offer many benefits, but how important are they for agriculture?
Author: Erik Stokstad
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
To combat the spread of thalassemia, a Chinese province screens millions.
Author: Mara Hvistendahl
May 9, 2013 - 12:16pm
The massive evacuation and strict monitoring of food appear to have successfully limited the amount of radiocesium ingested by Fukushima residents.
Author: Dennis Normile
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
In science news around the world this week, the largest HIV vaccine study in the world came to a premature halt, the European Commission is banning three widely used pesticides that are potentially harmful to bees, a defamation bill that will help protect free speech passed in England and Wales, and more.
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
This week, President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to celebrate its 150th anniversary, the debate over the "volcanic winter" scenario at Mount Toba continues, and researchers have discovered the original color of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train car.
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
Infectious diseases researcher Jeremy Farrar will take over the reins at the Wellcome Trust, the United Kingdom's most important private funder of biomedical research, on 1 October.
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
The new chair of the House of Representatives science committee has drafted a bill that would alter peer review at the National Science Foundation, angering many.
Author: Jeffrey Mervis
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
After nearly 50 years, the New England Primate Research Center will close because of financial pressures, officials say.
Author: Jocelyn Kaiser
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates chat with Science, mostly about two of their passions: eradicating polio worldwide by 2018 and getting modern contraceptives to another 120 million women by 2020.
Author: Leslie Roberts
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
Science sought to shed light on the future of GM food crops in India by bringing together two prominent scientific voices in a debate.
Authors: Pallava Bagla, Richard Stone
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
Is the prominent climate scientist a role model for younger researchers—or a polarizing figure whose tactics have proved counterproductive?
Author: Eli Kintisch
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
The father of NASA's Kepler orbiting exoplanet finder had to pioneer new optical techniques and overcome decades of skepticism to get his pet project off the ground.
Author: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
The 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on fisheries and the marine environment. Researchers want to document—and aid—the recovery.
Author: Dennis Normile
May 2, 2013 - 12:46pm
The Tohoku disaster had one unprecedented impact: an enormous amount of radiation was deposited in the ocean.
Author: Dennis Normile
